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16. τὸ αὐτὸ …, maintain that mutual agreement with each other which is the basis of peace; cf. Rom 15:5; 2Co 13:11; Php 2:2; Php 4:2.
μὴ τὰ ὑψ. A potent source of danger to peace. τὰ ὑψ. φρ. = ὑπερφρονεῖν, Rom 12:3, Rom 11:21; 1Ti 6:17; cf. ὑπερήφανος, Jam 4:6; 1Pe 5:5; here it refers to the estimate of self in comparison with other men; in all other passages of an overweening estimate of self in relation to GOD.
τοῖς ταπεινοῖς, always masc. in N. T. and O. T., exc. Psa 137:6 (where Heb. suggests persons), in contrast with ὕψος, Luk 1:52; Jam 1:9. The antithesis to τὰ ὑψηλὰ. has led some commentators to take it as neut. here. But, against this, is not only biblical use, but the context; masc. gives a better expansion of τὸ αὐτὸ κ.τ.λ., and better suits the verb συναπαγ.
συναπαγόμενοι. No real |[252] to this use is given: Gal 2:13; 2Pe 3:17 pass. Chrys. gives συμπεριφέρου συμπεριέρχου; cf. Field, ad loc[253] = put yourselves on a level with, accommodate yourselves to. S. H. (though preferring the neuter) qu. Tyn. Cov. Genev., ‘make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort.’ Rhem., ‘consenting to the humble.’
[252] | parallel to
[253] ad loc. ad locum
μὴ γίνεσθε φρ. παρ' ἑ. Pro 3:7; with parallel clause ἐπὶ σῇ σοφίᾳ μὴ ἐπαίρου = avoid self-conceit; cf. Rom 11:25.